Names

[dinahsmum]

So far, I have the following:

Chester
Chivers
Robertson
Maxwell
Freddie
Stanley
Dudley
Derek
Arthur
Bunting

- sadly, as yet I have nothing to give a name to........but that will happen, in time.
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[Luke]

Oooh i like Maxwell and Stanley, but Dudley has a nice 'ring' to it.
Don't worry DM you'll have someone too name soon enough!

[EmmaG]

How about

Morgan
Burt
Boris :)

[dinahsmum]

Thought of Boris when I was going through 'famous gingers' - Boris Becker. On the same train of thought Kinnock scored high for irony but prob not for loveability. There's Evans and Davies, for Chris and Steve (interesting) and Baker for Ginger Baker from Cream but that's almost prehistoric :lol: . Meant to look up the latin for ginger. I'll go off and google that now and will edit it in shortly!


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It's Zingiber....................mmmm, don't think so! Maybe it could be adapted?

[Luke]

just cause im a soppy twit, i have to get Baldrick in fas a name for a ginger, our big ol ginger tom was named this and it suited him well.
For some reason ginger cats allways seem to suit dignified names
Some other names uhm......
Hector
Albert
Albie
Alfred
Alfie
Morris
Merton
Omar
Hiccory
Rupert
Pushkin
Pudding
Robin
and thats about me done for names

[dinahsmum]

Thanks
Like Morris and Rupert (spesh if he's really big!)

[Luke]

Thanks
Like Morris and Rupert (spesh if he's really big!)

Well if he isnt DM i shall eat my hat as i have yet to meet a ginger tom who isnt ginormours!

[Fran]

I love Dudley and Chester. Especially Chester for a ginger boy :cool:

My friend has a big ginger Tom called Hovis :-D

[Mags]

A few more suggestions..........

Pilchard
Hickory
Brandy
Pickles
Amarillo
Mocha
Hercules
Snaps (as in Gingersnaps!)

[Kay]

All these names mean "red":-

Radburn
Radcliffe
Raleigh
Rogan (actually means "red-haired"!!)
Rory
Rowan
Roy
Rudyard
Rufus
Russell (also means red-hared)

And off at a tangent a bit there is Ross which is actually the male version of Rose.

I will keep looking through my baby names book.

Kay.

[Kazz]

I like Chester, Chivers and a suggestion Oliver or Ambrose,:)

[CathyW]

monty is a good name for a lovely boy :D

[LMC]

From Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (T S Eliot)

The naming of cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.

[Kay]

Don't know about THREE DIFFERENT NAMES, DM is having a hard enough job picking one each.

[Kazz]

As soon as she see's them she'll know their names; cats choose their own.

Cleo looked like a Cleo from the first moment I saw her - :D never considered the name before.

Oscar's name just came to me the day after I got them. He spent the first day being called Harry but it did not suit him at all. Oscar was him to a tee.:D

[LMC]

As soon as she see's them she'll know their names; cats choose their own.
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Only Molly has kept her name (she'd already lost two homes and her friend, couldn't take her name off her as well). Jenny got her name within 24 hours, Snowy even before I took her home from the shelter, Amber took a bit longer (and was nearly Amaretto :lol: )

[dinahsmum]

Quite right - you have to take care with names and often the first one doesn't stick!
Or they need more than one :lol:
I told you that my daughters vet was confused and thought she may have 5 cats (she has 2!) because there were so many names:lol:

[Kazz]

Well Cleo is also known as Daisy May no idea why she just chose it.:roll:

[Kazz]

I like the name Tobias too :-D

[Moli]

Love the name Maxwell, what about Aslan??

[Kay]

Love the name Aslan, Moli.

[Moli]

Love the name Aslan, Moli.I really wish I had called Casper Aslan...Loved the Lion in Narnia :oops:

[Kay]

Loved the Lion in Narnia :oops:

Yes he's lovely isn't he. I'm trying to convince my 11 year old Kyle that he would much prefer to see Narnia than King Kong. Not working at the mo, though.:( :( :(

[Elfin]

ooh Alsan would be fab for a Ginger cat!

The kitten we are adopting is temporarily called smudge by the owners but its not our kind of name so I looked up a cat naming website and on the first page of A's was Alfie and it just suited him to perfection with his unusual markings.

[Moli]

Its funny how a certain name just seems to click...........

[Kay]

Its funny how a certain name just seems to click...........

Couldn't agree more. Although Toby was named after his great grandad he just suited the name so much.

[Moli]

Oliver was sparky, the name the breeder gave him, but he was such a little boy, and always looking for food, Oliver was perfect for him...Although we do call him Wally! quite a lot.....

[Kay]

Oliver was sparky, the name the breeder gave him, but he was such a little boy, and always looking for food, Oliver was perfect for him...Although we do call him Wally! quite a lot.....

Does he look up at you with a sweet expression and say "COULD I HAVE SOME MORE PLEASE".

We have a couple of Wallys here too.:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Mags]

Does he look up at you with a sweet expression and say "COULD I HAVE SOME MORE PLEASE".

We have a couple of Wallys here too.:lol: :lol: :lol:
Someone talking about me?:roll: :-D

[Kay]

Someone talking about me?:roll: :-D

Now I did mean at home but there again :-D :-D :-D Only joking Mags :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Mags]

Now I did mean at home but there again :-D :-D :-D Only joking Mags :lol: :lol: :lol:
:-D :-D :-D

[Moli]

Someone talking about me?:roll: :-DWould we call you a Wally Mags???

[Mags]

Yes!!.......

[Moli]

Yes!!.......Well! now you have hurt my feelings!!as if I would call you a wally:( :(

[Mags]

Well! now you have hurt my feelings!!as if I would call you a wally:( :(
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[Moli]

http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/traurig/d050.gifDopey, Daft Nuts,maybe, but never a wally!!:lol: :lol:

[Mags]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[dinahsmum]

Thought I'd resurrect this one for the new year! :roll:
I've just thought up a great name for a ginger cat -
Redfurr (like Robert Redfurr, the actor:lol: )
What do you think?

There is a real male name - Redvers - isn't there? I must have a look and see if that has a nice meaning, not that that matters too much.
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[Kazz]

I like that. Good name.:)

[dinahsmum]

I like that. Good name.:)
Thanks! Came to me in a flash this morning. Have looked up Redvers and it, apparently, has no meaning :roll:

[CJK]

thats a nice name. clever idea too

[Mags]

I like Redfurr very much DM.....bit like Jac choosing C-furr for her kitty:-P

[Fran]

brilliant name DM!!

[dinahsmum]

Thanks!
May be on the trail but won't say anything in case I jinx it :?

[CJK]

ooh keeping my fingers crossed ( that'll make my typing een worse)

[Snoof]

Fingers and paws crossed here, too, DM!

[Fran]

Thanks!
May be on the trail but won't say anything in case I jinx it :?

Come on DM - give us a little clue!! We are going mad here for news :-D

[dinahsmum]

The one which was born 26 Jan has been sold :( but if a very local queen and stud have 'clicked', and if there are resulting boys, there will be cream, or more likely red, bsh in April. Now shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, don't say a word! I'll tell you in good time.

[Mags]

Oooooh, won't say a word DM!
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[Fran]

Ok DM....mouth zipped here too :-D Fingers crossed for you.....

[dandysmom]

Fingers crossed here too! So far the names that have clicked with me are Maxwell, Oliver & Rowan. And yes, in my experience ginger toms are always large & dignified...my first cat my parents let me name, and as he was a wee frisky kitten, got named Scamper...disaster!!:-D He lived with that ridiculous name for 18 years!!

[dandysmom]

Oh, just thought of anther one: Akbar! Cat down the street was called that; he was a large, vocal brown tabby..don't know what it means, but will look it up.

[Snoof]

Oh, just thought of anther one: Akbar! Cat down the street was called that; he was a large, vocal brown tabby..don't know what it means, but will look it up.
Admiral Akhbar is a character from the original Star Wars trilogy... :lol:

[dandysmom]

Maybe that's who he was named after; didn't know as I have never watched Star Wars. Somewhere in the back of my mind is something about India in the pre-Raj days; haven't gotten around to checking it yet. I've never been very original at naming cats, so am really enjoying reading you all's inventiveness:D !!

[dandysmom]

I did finally check out Akbar, and he was a very famous Mughul emperor of India in the 16th century, about co-terminous with Elizabeth I. Good name, but I still like Maxwell!